From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 29 00:16:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA06960 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:16:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles205.castles.com [208.214.165.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06954 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:16:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA16487; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:11:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812290811.AAA16487@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mark Murray cc: Tim Vanderhoek , committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:07:33 +0200." <199812290807.KAA53084@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:11:16 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > Ah, the myth that voting is good. I have more respect for the person > > who abstains from the next election b/c they aren't sure what party to > > vote for than for the person who votes b/c some advert on TV said > > "excercise your right to vote". > > In this country (ZA), one would "spoil the vote"; you scrawl "screw > you" or some such on the paper. This way your ballot cannot be > stolen/sold, and you have exercised your democratic right to _not_ > vote. Yes, but remember that North Americans like to think that apathy is the way to go. .za and .au and many other .uk colonies recognise that making people vote makes them at least take an interest in what's going on. ... and that's why failure to particpate in -core (or -management-body) business should disqualify you from the body. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message